#sofia-silvaaa

I found this poem recently on Tumblr and found that it is very relatable to this class. It’s addressing that society tells women how to act and feel appropriately when we are more than that. We are human beings, not robots, who deserve to feel what we feel because of who we are not because other people tell us to.

Recently I attended the event entitled "Passionate Careers" with special guest, reading an excerpt from her book and having a discussion with us, Suzann Goldstein. After a light dinner, Mrs. Goldstein read about her daughter Valerie, who died of cancer. The point of the event was to discuss how it is important to be passionate about what you do. Suzann used what she had experienced with her daughter and created a fund in her name and got a PhD in medical sociology. When reading her chapter, she mentioned an experience she had gone through involving gender discrimination. She was in the hospital with Valerie and her husband wasn't able to join them until later in the day. After running tests, the doctors came in and said that they wouldn't tell her the results of the tests until her husband came. The doctor felt like because she was a woman she either couldn't handle the results or she needed a man around in order to hear the results. She discussed how looking back, she doesn't know why she didn't say anything concerning that remark. This shows how gender discrimination has been and is still an ongoing issue.